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Wikipedia Warns of Malware Injecting Ads on Pages
May 15 By Kevin ParrishThere's a new malware in town that likes to inject advertisements on Wikipedia.
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FBI Wants Backdoors to Facebook, Twitter Immediately
May 4 By Kevin ParrishThe FBI is getting impatient and wants a backdoor to Facebook, Skype, Google Hangouts and other services now to catch evildoers.
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Anonymous Warns of Weekly Scheduled Attacks
Apr 9 By Steven WoodAfter successful DDoS attacks directed at the UK government, Anonymous decides to schedule weekly attacks.
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Nation's First Copyright Center Opening Soon
Apr 3 By Kevin ParrishThis center will be the liaison between ISPs and copyright owners.
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Guy Makes $1000 Daily Spamming Pinterest Users
Mar 29 By Kevin ParrishThis spammer makes just over $1,000 per day on Pinterest, and plans to make more per week soon.
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Facebook May Sue Employers Who Demand Passwords
Mar 23 By Kevin ParrishFacebook will sue any employer that forces employees and job candidates to fork over their login credentials.
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ISPs Agree to U.S.-Based Anti-Bot Code of Conduct
Mar 23 By Kevin ParrishThere's an industry-wide effort to stamp out botnets once and for all.
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Internet Junk Traffic Used to Uncover Censorship
Mar 11 By Douglas PerryResearchers at UC San Diego have come up with a novel idea how to detect and analyze outages on the global Internet that may be caused by censorship or natural disasters.
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FBI Warns of Impending Terror Cyberattack
Mar 8 By Kevin ParrishWhile presenting the FBI's 2013 budget, director Robert Mueller told lawmakers to get ready for a terrorist cyberattack.
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Anonymous Retaliates for LulzSec Arrests, Hacks Panda Security
Mar 8 By Douglas PerryAnonymous hackers have reacted to the arrests of five key members of the LulzSec group.
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FBI Decapitates LulzSec With Help From Group Leader
Mar 7 By Douglas PerryAs quickly as LulzSec surfaced and as successful it was in establishing a prominent name among hacker groups, it appeared that the group vanished just as quickly from one day to another in June of 2011.
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NSA Implies Anonymous Plan to Attack U.S. Power Grid
Feb 24 By Ross A. LincolnThey apparently don't realize we've seen Live Free or Die Hard.
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Hacker Got Access to Data of 350,000 Users of Porn Sites
Feb 24 By Douglas PerryLuxembourg-based adult entertainment firm Manwin confirmed that an attack on its servers possibly exposed information about more than 350,000 users.
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WSJ: Safari Loophole Allowed Google to Track Users via Ads
Feb 17 By Jane McEntegartGoogle and a number of other ad networks have been accused of tracking users web browsing by using a loophole to circumvent Safari's default security settings.
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Europe Rules Social Networks Don't Need Anti-Piracy Software
Feb 17 By Ross A. LincolnThe ruling may affect the progress of ACTA.
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